High School

Five fumbles and a controversial call on a field goal cost Liberty’s shot at a season-opening victory Friday night at Franklin County. Last year the Minutemen defeated Franklin Co in the season opener.

Jefferson Forest struggled in the first half of the contest but had two explosive touchdowns in the fourth quarter for a 36-27 victory over William Fleming last Friday.
“I thought we showed some signs of being a good football team but in general we made way too many mistakes,” said Head Coach Bob Christmas.

Staunton River rushed their way to a 52-14 victory over Turner Ashby last Friday, in front of standing-room only home crowd for the season opener. The crowd roared as the Golden Eagles took the field for the first game of the season.
“Good opening victory for us without a question,” said Head Coach Chuck Poston. “Over all I was extremely pleased for an opening game.”

The Jefferson Forest golf team finished first in a Semionle Match at London Downs on Thursday, August 18.
Forest finished with a score of 153. Liberty Christian Academy finished with 156, Amherst finished with 177 and Heritage finished with 245.
Isaac Simmons was the medalist finished with a 35. Garnet Manley III tied for fourth with a 38.

Grayson Overstreet took home the Golden helmet as the Staunton River football team finished its Ironman challenge last Thursday, July 21.
The Ironman started three years ago. The challenge was instituted to help with summer conditioning. Football players could earn points during conditioning and compete in the final obstacle course.

Ben Martin has been named the new athletic director at Jefferson Forest High School. Martin is taking over for Dan Pritchard. Pritchard took a full-time position at Liberty University teaching Sport Management.

Kasey Carr and Nathaniel Willis, both of Liberty, received top honors at the Rotary Club Sports Awards ceremony.
The Bedford Rotary Club hands out awards to top student athletes across all of Bedford County. The award winners are picked first by the coaches and athletic directors and then a committee gets together and selects one student athlete for each sport.